Nahuatl language Aztec philosophy Aztec calendar Aztec religion Aztec mythology Aztec entheogenic complex Human sacrifice in Aztec culture Image File history File links Representación pictórica de la Piedra del Sol Representação pictórica da Pedra do Sol File links The following pages link to this file: Aztec calendar Wikipedia:Commons ... The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries who built an extensive empire in the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology. ... // Class structure The society traditionally was divided into two social classes; the macehualli (people) or peasantry and the pilli or nobility. ... Nahuatl ( [1] is a term applied to a group of related languages and dialects of the Aztecan [2] branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, indigenous to central Mexico. ... Aztec philosophy was the school of philosophy developed by the Aztec Empire. ... The Aztec calendar was the calendar of the Aztec people of Pre-Columbian Mexico. ... Bold text In the [Aztec] cultures, faith was an important part of [life] and [death]. // Main article: Aztec mythology. ... The Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures. ... The ancient Aztecs employed a variety of entheogenic plants and animals within their society. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The New Fire ceremony, also known as the Binding of the Years, was an Aztecceremony performed once every 52 years—a full cycle of the Aztec calendar—in order to stave off the end of the world. The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries who built an extensive empire in the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology. ... This refers to the act performed on a special occasion. ... The Aztec calendar was the calendar of the Aztec people of Pre-Columbian Mexico. ... The end of the world is a phrase used to most commonly refer to the death of all life on planet earth. ...
Fires had grown more intense, the area burned on public lands vaster, the imbalance between fire use and fire control more pronounced; yet these circumstances had evolved over many decades without a sense of crisis.
This last January a new museum opened on the Cerro de la Estrella, a hill in the center of the Valley of Mexico and scene of the fabled Aztec "newfire"ceremony.
During the rite, celebrated every 52 years, all fires in the surrounding landscape were extinguished, a newfire kindled from a special wooden drill, and its flames redistributed to all the cardinal points.